The American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball Corridor of Fame will welcome 5 new members within the 2025 class when the league holds induction ceremonies as a part of the American Affiliation All-Star Recreation festivities in Fargo, ND on July 22. The 5 inductees are Jeff Bittiger (participant/coach/participant personnel); Rick Forney (participant, coach, supervisor); Marv Goldklang (proprietor); Dan Moushon (league administrator); and N. Bruce Thom (proprietor).
“The American Affiliation of at this time exists due largely to the efforts of every member of our 2025 Corridor of Fame Class,” stated American Affiliation Commissioner Joshua Schaub. “Whether or not it was on the sector or within the boardroom, every of our latest Corridor of Famers has introduced distinctive expertise and assets to the American Affiliation. Their contributions to their golf equipment and the league are very deserving of this honor.”
The 2025 Corridor of Fame/ All-Star Luncheon and induction ceremony might be held on Tuesday, July 22 on the Fargo Air Museum. The occasion is open to the general public, and tickets may be bought by contacting the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at 701-235-6161.
Brief biographies of the inductees are listed beneath.
Rick Forney
One of many winningest managers in league historical past, Rick Forney piloted the Winnipeg Goldeyes to 631 regular-season victories, a .545 successful proportion, six playoff appearances, and three league championships (2012, 2016 and 2017) over 13 American Affiliation seasons. Two Goldeyes AAPB pitchers finally reached the majors.
The league’s two-time supervisor of the 12 months joined the AAPB in 2011 after 5 seasons managing Winnipeg throughout its time within the Northern League, 5 extra years serving because the membership’s pitching coach, and an extra 4 seasons pitching for the membership. The Maryland native was initially drafted by Baltimore in 1991 and spent 5 years within the Orioles’ system.
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Marv Goldklang
Goldklang spent 31 seasons because the chairman and principal proprietor of the St. Paul Saints, together with the membership’s time within the American Affiliation from 2006 to 2020. From the Saints’ inception in 1993, the membership served as a flagship for unbiased baseball, bringing collectively revolutionary promotions, skilled management, and high-quality baseball for the enjoyment of thousands and thousands within the Twin Cities. The Saints reached even better heights upon the opening of CHS Subject in 2016, drawing over 400,000 followers per season. On the sector, the Saints received 5 league championships throughout his tenure, together with the 2019 AAPB crown, whereas 4 AAPB Saints reached the majors.
A minority proprietor of the New York Yankees, Goldklang’s administration group, the Goldklang Group, has owned and operated golf equipment in any respect ranges of baseball. He’s additionally a member of the South Atlantic League, Florida State League, and New York-Penn League halls of fame.
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Jeff Bittiger
Bittiger has been concerned with unbiased baseball since its modern-era inception in 1993. The previous big-league hurler with the Phillies, White Sox, and Twins pitched within the Northern League with Rochester, Winnipeg, and Fargo-Moorhead from 1993 to 2002 and was named Baseball America‘s Unbiased Participant of the Decade for the Nineteen Nineties. Bittiger additionally served as Fargo-Moorhead’s pitching coach by way of the 2003 season.
After becoming a member of the Oakland Athletics as a scout in 2004, he remained lively within the RedHawks’ participant personnel division, finally changing into director of participant personnel in 2017, a place he continues to carry. Since becoming a member of the AAPB, Fargo-Moorhead has certified for the playoffs seven occasions and received the 2022 league championship, whereas 4 (Chris Coste, Jason Pearson, Brandon Mann, Kevin Herget) former RedHawks have reached the majors. The RedHawks additionally received 5 Northern League titles along with the one American Affiliation Title in Bittiger’s time with the membership.
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N. Bruce Thom
Thom served because the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks’ proprietor and chairman from the membership’s inception in 1996 till his passing in 2025. He was instrumental in bringing the membership to Fargo in addition to the development of Newman Out of doors Subject, with practically 5 million followers passing by way of the gates throughout his tenure, six league championships together with a 2022 AAPB title, and the emergence of the RedHawks as one in all unbiased baseball’s mannequin operations.
Often called “The Basic,” Thom led the RedHawks group as President from the membership’s founding in late 1995 earlier than heading an funding group that bought the membership in 2004. Thom was a Fargo native who graduated from Fargo Central Excessive College and Concordia School in Moorhead, MN.
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Dan Moushon
Instrumental within the development of unbiased baseball all through North America, Moushon was the American Affiliation’s president from the league’s inception in 2006 by way of the 2017 season, overseeing the AAPB’s operations and administration because it emerged right into a strong, well-respected league. At varied intervals between 1994 and 2018, he additionally served as president or govt director of the Can-Am/Northeast League, Central League, and Northern League, in addition to vp of the Burlington Royals of the Appalachian League.
He’s at present Senior Administrator of the Main League Baseball-sponsored Appalachian League in addition to the MLB Draft League within the northeastern U.S.
